Steering wheel lock



Jan. 16, 1934. GITOPFER STEERING WHEEL LOCK Filed Dec. 13, 1952 Patented Jan. 16,

1,943,704 STEERING WHEEL LOCK Georg Tap fer, Munich, Germany I Application December 13,1932, Serial No.

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in Germany December i'ciaims. (61.70-129) 0 Applications have been filed inGermany Decamber 15, 1931, and

The present invention September 13, 1932. refers to a cipher safety lock for locking motor car steering. wheels, for 8 instance, through the medium of a fork adapted to engage with one of the spokes of the steering wheel. The setting of a letter or cipher lock to the correct combination presents no difflculties in daylight, but at night this can only be done with certainty if the lock is well illuminated, which, however, is very often not the case, the. result being loss of time and annoyance in consequence of false combinations.

The present invention eliminates .the above disadvantage by providing the cipher wheels or discs with notches or holes so that these wheels or discs can be set by touch, even in the dark,

thereby rendering independent of Reference being had drawing, which the manipulation of the lock artificial light.

to the accompanying shows one form of execution of the present invention, Fig. 1 is a view of a steering wheel with the safety lock in the locked position, Pig. 2 a front steering wheel axis, and a larger scale.

view seen in the line of the- Fig. 3 shows details on Figs. 4 and 5 are section's along the lines .i--B and (3-1) respectively in Fig. 3,

and Figs. 6 and 7 show further In Fig. l, t is the steering pillar wheel "at with the spokes engaged and locked in position by the swivel forlr a removably attached to clamp b. I

longitudinal slit d (Fig. 8) is means of a suitable A sleeve 0 with a details.

of the steerng b, one of which can be the steering pillar by arranged on the one arm of clamp b and serves as carrier for the rings e, of which at least two, or better three or four, are provided. Each ring 6 possesses an internal projection? (Fig. 5) engaging in a corresponding groove of the sleeve 0,

thus preventing rotation Adjustable thin discs between the rings e on ed about said sleeve with of the rings on sleeve c.

or wheels i are arranged sleeve 0 and can be rotatthe help of small handles 7c. Each of these discs i possesses holes Z,

preferably 10 to gage with discs i are turned,

12 in number, adapted to enthe spring pressed balls When the the balls 9 will snap into holes 1, thereby providing a means for setting the look by touch alone.

The lock bolt m, into sleeve 0, and

in position. This bolt m rate projection or pin 0. for sliding in the longitudinal provided with a knob 12., slides is adapted to lock the fork a is provided with-a sepaeach disc i, said pins slit (1 of the sleeve.

Each fixed ring e is provided with an aperture p sufliciently large to permit the through (Fig. 5). Pins 0 are made so long that they project into these aper fore form a radial continuati 01. One of the extended inwards, thus form These gaps r are large enoug 0 to passthrough. As shown in Fig. 4, these points of the circum mark s on the arm of clamp the zero position of the lock and the setting of;

discs i.

which screw bolt or th arms.

Key 20 may also b key w can be pul 2 provided at its As shown in Fig. 6, by a key w arranged on arms. This arrangement is the attachment of the lock proper than was heretofore the case with the ordinary clamps,

the clamp arms were pressed together by a e like passing right through the rss PATENT OFFICE gaps r are arranged end into a female screw 1 in the key.

For each look a certa scribed and the justed to this combination. first disc 1' is moved 0 from the zero notches backwards, an

When this has backwards.

of the discs 2' wi of the fixed rings e, so that either in or out more of the discs 2 is extent of one notch, position and with it als and the lock can then be neither 0 until the proper com As already mentio'ne manipulation of the lock dark, it being only necessary to shift the discs mg the requisite number of notches from the zero position.

What I claim as my invention and desire to secure by Letter 1. In a steering w clamp including hinged together posed undercut when the memb lock will of sleeve 0.

5 Patent, is:

to open an ers are closed oruthe pins 0 to pass tures p, which thereon of the sleeve slit holes I of each setting disc ,1. is 60 ing a gap 1' (Fig. 4). h to permit the pins by the dotted lines ference of each disc 1'. A b serves to denote the clamp b is held together the inside of the clamp aves more space for e secured in position by a spring pressed ball :1: arranged on one side. The led out with the help of a handle with a screw thread screwing in combination is prefunction only when ad- For instance: the ne notch or hole forwards position, the second disc four (1 the third disc five notches been done, the gaps r 11 correspond with the grooves n bolt m can be pushed But if now one or shifted, even only to the then bolt m is locked in o the swivel arm or fork a,

pened or closed binationis again (1, the notches permit the by touch. even in the heel look, a' steering post a pair of post engaging members 6. close about a steering post, the free ends of said members having opslots coacting to form a keyway at different adjusted.

post, and a key fitting said slots and holding the members closed.

2. In a steering wheel lock, a steering post clamp including a pair of post engaging members hinged together to open and close about a steering post, the free ends of said members having opposed undercut slots coacting to form a keyway when the members are closed on the post, a key fitting said slots and holding the members closed, fork arms extending from said members on upposite sides of the keyway, a wheel arm engaging fork pivoted between said fork arms and movable to cover and uncover the key, and locking means for securing the fork in wheel arm engaging position covering the key.

3. In a steering wheel lock, a steering post clamp including a pair of post engaging members hinged together to open and close about a steering post, the free ends of said members having opposed undercut slots coacting to form a keyway when the members are closed on the post,

a key fitting said slots and holding the members closed, fork arms extending from said members on opposite sides of the keyway, a wheel arm engaging fork pivoted between said fork arms and movable to cover anduncover the key, a locking pin removably extending through one of the fork arms and into the fork in spaced relation to its pivot to hold the fork in key covering and wheel arm engaging position, and means to lock the pin site sides of the keyway, a wheel arm engaging fork pivoted between said fork arms and movable to cover and uncover the key, a locking pin removably extending through one of the fork arms and into the fork in spaced relation to its pivot to hold the fork in key covering and wheel arm engaging position, a slotted sleeve projecting from the last mentioned fork arm and through which said pin passes, lugs on said pin projecting through and moving in the slot of the sleeve, and permutation rings rotatably mounted on the sleeve and having internal notches rotatably movable into and out of registry with the slot in said sleeve.

GEORG 'rtiPFER. 

